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Unique ID: GLO-3C423E
Object type certainty: Certain
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A silver penny of Elizabeth I. Mint mark cross-crosslet which dates this to 1560-1561
Obverse: crowned bust facing left E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross CIVITAS LONDON
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1560
Date to: Circa AD 1561
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.38 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd August 2020
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Penny
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Penny: Elizabeth I, 1558-1561 (N 1988)
Obverse description: crowned bust facing left
Obverse inscription: E D G ROSA SINE SPINA
Reverse description: shield with the royal coat of arms divided by a long cross
Reverse inscription: CIVITAS LONDON
Degree of wear: Worn: fine
No coin references available.
4 Figure: SO7822
Four figure Latitude: 51.8961091
Four figure longitude: -2.32112157
1:25K map: SO7822
1:10K map: SO72SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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